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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

SHAPE America’s National Physical Education & Sport Week (May 1-7) is a celebration of the importance of physical education and sport in the lives of kids of all ages. The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Include foundational skills (e.g.,

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Competitively engineering better child sport experiences

Learning Through Sport

In the second half of 2004 we worked with a national sport on competitively engineering their junior sport experience. We had a project to work with another national sport to commence at the start of the year to competitively engineer their junior sport pathway, but that project was unfortunately cancelled.

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Early Specialization vs. Multi-Sport Participation: What’s the Best Approach for Long-Term Athletic Success and Injury Prevention?

Better Coaching

In today’s competitive sports environment, parents, coaches, and young athletes are increasingly pressured to focus on one sport from an early age. This approach provides athletes with a broader range of motor skills and reduces the risk of overuse injuries by giving their bodies a break from the repetitive stress of one sport.

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Just Let Them Play?

Montessori Physical Education

Not long ago, I worked hard to categorize my lessons using the SHAPE standards (Society of Health and Physical Educators) to ensure I covered key movement patterns and motor skills. It was an eye-opening and fulfilling exercise. It took me some time to come to this conclusion, but I'm still actively working to improve it.

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So what is adapted physical education?

Arizona Health and Physical Education

specific sensorimotor programming ● specific play or leisure needs ● activities of daily living related to physical education such as dressing, showering or toileting ● positioning during exercises and games ● access to the general curriculum Adapted physical educators are not medical personnel nor are they behavior specialists.

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A Bridge Between the Concrete and Abstract

Montessori Physical Education

The sports materials are concrete physical objects. However, the sports equipment is often symbolic of a concept from the classroom. From a solely concrete perspective, they are using sports balls to work on different gross motor skills. This ties a physical material to an abstract idea.

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PLT4M and Lakeshore Foundation & NCHPAD Partnership

PLT4M

Lakeshore Foundation’s adapted recreation, sport, fitness and aquatics programs serve people locally, nationally and internationally. Located in Birmingham, Alabama Lakeshore’s mission is based on the fact that physical activity is essential for individuals with physical disabilities to lead healthy, active and independent lives.